>> the united states is stronger under this first step agreement than it was before. national security is stronger than it was the day before we entered into this agreement. and the gulf and middle east interests are more secure, put simply, once implemented, this agreement halts the progress to iran's nuclear program. halts the progress and rolls it back in certain places for first time. nearly ten years. it provides unprecedented monitoring and inspections. >> as kerry surges lawmakers to wait before -- tough grilling from congress who are weary of the deal that temporarily eases the global sanctions. >>.

am i reading this right? is the administration's position, while it may not recognize iran's right to enrich, they will practice and maintain an enrichment program as part of the final agreement? >> mr. chairman, on the final agreement it is not locked in. >> kerry is not facing an uphill battle with lawmakers on the hill but there's a new pugh poll that finds most americans are skeptical of the deal with iran. 32% approve and 43% disapprove. joel ruben is the director of policy and government affairs and focuses on nuclear proliferation and former state department officer. thanks for being with me. >> great being with you, craig. >> ed royce, had this to say in his opening statement. take a listen. >> my concern is that we have bargained -- may have bargained away our fundamental position

which is enshrined in six u.n. security council resolutions and that fundamental agreement is that iran should not be enriching and reprocessing. and we may bargain that away for a false confidence. >> joel, have we bargained away our position? >> it's a good deal for american security and first step deal. what it has done is take the most dangerous elements in the program off the table, 20% enriched uranium and injected strong, aggressive inspections into what iran is doing. that creates this comprehensive stage of negotiations and it's a good deal and builds confidence between the parties and these are very serious negotiations. doesn't mean this will succeed. there's now a clarity that iran wants to be negotiating out of these sanctions and there may be

a path to resolve this diplomatically. >> most people -- the chief criticism for most of the folks opposed to this deal seems to be that it allows iran to continue -- to continue to enrich uranium. what's your response to that? >> well, that is a misread of this. first of all, this is a first step deal. what this means is that iran is taking the most dangerous elements out. and it also means in the next phase, the comprehensive negotiations, the parameters of that final nuclear program iran will have will be into focus. the right to enrich is clearly a big debate. the treaty does not talk about having enrichment rights. clearly iran wants that. they'll have to find a way to get through this but the alternatives meaning that there's no diplomatic process would imply we would not have a program under any constraints. that's where we're heading to ensure there is a ver fibl way

to prevent iran from -- not having a deal means iranian program unchanged and that's not in our interest. >> i want to play another clip of kerry's testimony. >> there was undeniable that the pressure we put on iran through these sanctions is exactly what has brought iran to the table today. and i think congress deserves an enormous amount of credit for that. but i don't think that any of us thought we were just imposing these sanctions for the sake of imposing them. we did it because we knew that it would hopefully help iran dismantle its nuclear program. >> joel, there's another interesting aspect to this i think. that is this idea that you can have an administration go out and broker a deal with another country and then on the back end have lawmakers essentially to dismantle said deal. that would seem to set a very

dangerous precedent. >> it is very troubling to see congress right now taking the position that it wants to be micromanaging the negotiations. we have a separation of powers and we have an executive branch and legislative branch. and the congress has imposed sanctions that the executive branch has used as leverage in the negotiations to extract tangible gains with the prospects of more tangible gains. that's the job of the executive branch of the president to execute. right now, however, if congress intervenes and adds new sanctions at this moment, it will undermine our ability along with partners at the table, we're talking about france, germany, russia, china, britain, it will undermine ability to keep them together in this tough negotiation with iran. we don't need to see a split government. we need to see a unified position right now. >> in an interview with "time december 7th, iran's foreign minister warned that the deal would be dead if lawmakers passed more sanctions saying in

part, quote, the entire deal is dead. we do not like to negotiate under dur res and if congress adopts sanctions, it shows a hack of seriousness and lack of desire to achieve a resolution on the part of the united states. yet, we have something that has become quite rare, this bipartisan group of senators who are close -- appear to be close to finalizing possible sanctions that could be attached as an amendment to the defense authorization bill. is there a chance we might -- see some sort of 11th hour compromise between the administration and this bipartisan group? >> well, i served in the senate for several years and the appetite in congress to do something to show that it is really involved and certainly there's a possibility that congress will attach some language but it has to be very careful. the administration is very active right now with congress in explaining this is a delicate moment. if the united states is seen as the rekals trant party and party

that violates what is written on paper in the four-page agreement, where it says no new sanctions, if united states has seen as violating that part of the agreement and undermining these negotiations, it could unravel the broader sanctions we have in place. we rely on international partners in good faith to implement sanctions. if we are in good faith right now acting on behalf of this agreement, we could see that disappear from our partners overseas. >> we always appreciate your insight. thank you. >> thank you, craig. >> more than 90 world leaders and tens and thousands of south africans braved tight security and pouring rain to secure the service for nelson mandela. held at the soccer stadium in soweta. a huge figure, in her own rite as president obama entered the stabds he shook hands with cuban

president raul castro. that's the second time in 20 years that a sitting president has shook hands with a communist leader. george w. bush and jimmy carter also attended. despite the rain they sang and cheered along through the whole program. ♪ >> three of mandela's 18 grandchildren were greeted with cheers as they stepped to the podium to speak for the mandela family. >> tower over the world like a comet, leaving streaks of light for us to follow. we salute you, mandiba. >> the giant tree has fallen, scattering bright leaves, each

indicating messages of peace and love and reconciliation. >> of the wind, of the land, where black and white and rich and poor and men and women and children must live side by side dreaming the same dream, realizing that we salute you. >> president obama got quite the warm welcome. he also greeted the mandela family before he paid tribute to the man he praised as a giant of history. >> over 30 years ago, while still a student, i learned of nelson mandela and the struggles taking place in this beautiful land. and it stirred something in me. it woke me up to my responsibilities to others and to myself and it set me on an

improbable journey that finds me here today. and while i will always fall short of mandiba's example, he makes me want to be a better man. he speaks to what's best inside us. >> nbc's ron allen joins us live now from soweto. i'm curious, what was the most striking part of that ceremony for you? >> reporter: clearly president obama's remarks were stirring and memorable and captivated the crowd. this was a somewhat rauk us event at times. for other speakers there was dancing and singing in the stands with is part of the tradition. it was raining, heavily raining, which is also a big distraction and kept many people away. when president obama took to the

podium, the crowd listened and crowd responded and crowd was quiet and the crowd applauded. and clearly memorable. i think his remarks were most effective because it was so deeply personal, like that clip you just played a minute ago, talking about how one of the first act of his political activism was being involved in the anti-apartheid movement in the 1970s as so many of us of a certain generation can attest to. so that was striking. it was also memorable just to see so many tens and thousands of ordinary south africans go to a place to honor this man in a pouring rain. again, it wasn't the event that many of us thought it was going to be when an overflow crowd of people being turned away and alternative venues with big screens, but there was still a sincerity and intimacy and remarkableness about this event that will be remembered for a

very long time. >> ron, really quickly here, jacob zuma was booed by the crowd as he started to talk about nelson mandela. what more can you tell us about that. what was behind that booing? >> reporter: short answer is that he is very unpopular here and the crowd was essentially saying you're not nelson mandela, not that anybody could be. but there are corruption allegations swirling around him and deep poverty and inequality in the country and many people who feel he has not lived up to the dream nelson mandela had and things have gotten worse and not better. it was striking because of the kind of event this is, but it was there and real and telling. and yes, a lot of comment ators remarkeded on it. the drumming is from a young band of drummers and dancers who have been marching through the

streets here late tonight still celebrating. the rain has stopped interestingly. and i think over the next few days, you're going to see more celebrations. mandela's body lies in state in pretoria for three days and state burial in qunu where he's from. there will be more celebrations over the next few days. the tone here is upbeat and joyous, grieving and mourning but for the most part honoring his legacy and people reflecting as president obama and urging others, reflect, are you living your life as mandela would like you to do? >> nbc's ron allen. always, thank you. let's bring in presidential historian, michael beschloss and michael smerconish, also an

msnbc contributor. op-eds are showing up, the handshake between president obama and raul castro, white house again insisting this was not something that was preplanned and if look at how it went down there, it seems as if that is the case. but florida republican senator, marco rubio, a vocal critic of the castro regime and administration as well, has already said, if the president was going to shake his hand, he should have asked him about those basic freedoms that mandela was associated with that are denied in cuba. john mccain saying, it gives raul some propaganda to continue to prop up his dikt torial brutal regime. that's all. and michael beschloss, given the circumstances, president obama bounded up the stairs and ran into raul castro. could he have not shaken his hand?

how significant would it have been if the president of the united states just turned his head? >> i think the chances of that would have been about zero, craig. look at it. you're at the funeral -- number one this was a funeral. number two it was the funeral of nelson mandela, who among so many other things we've been talking about the last two days with a in favor of reconciliation. if the funeral of nelson mandela, and president obama who complained on a platform of talking to enemies even if you're in a condition of great hostility, given all of those things, you're going to expect president obama to snub raul castro in front of cameras? that was unlikely to happen. >> michael smerconish, i think your take would be a quite unique. >> you can be the judge. my take is that the cuban embargo has been 100% successful in keeping the castros in power because it's given the two of them a built in bookie man for

all that's wrong with their economy. i'm a believe if we had had open trade with cuba long ago the castro brothers would have fell. we should give those kids down there a taste of xboxes and see how long the castro brothers can stay in power. >> full disclosure, you have some history with the castros, no? >> as a journalist, i once was in a meeting with fidel castro, an 8-hour meeting, not that i was turned in the course of this conversation, i long believed in freedom for cuban people and disagree with the whole success of democratic and republican administrations in terms of how you get there. the comments from senator rubio tell you what you need to know. every four years we have an election and candidates on the left and right, they go into the cuban-american community and thump their chests against castro and make pledges and promises and the embargo lives.

who are we really helping with the embargo? we're not helping the cuban people and not the expatriots either. >> michael beschloss, i want to follow up one thing you said there, i'm sure there are ail lot of people listening and watching and especially folks who live in miami. and not just folks who live in miami we should note but to folks who would say michael smerconish that to ease the sanctions on cuba would send the wrong message. here you have an oppressive regime that's been oppressive for several deck aades now. what would be best way to handle that, if not economic sanctions? >> craig, i want them out. i want raul and fidel castro out. the question is how best do we facilitate getting rid of them, their removal? this hasn't worked. does it have to go on for 100 years before we recognize it isn't making a bit of a

difference. it gives them a opportunity, when they question their horrific quality of life in cuba, but for the americans, things would be different. one of the things i wonder and michael beschloss is better credentialed than i to say this, would there have been a cuban spring by now if our policy had been different with regard to cuba? i think it's a fair question. >> michael? >> i think you can argue that round or flat historically. to come back to the handshake, shaking hands with castro does not say the president is for or against the embargo or anything else. a nonhandshake can a lot of reverb races, 1964 the secretary of state at the conference in geneva and put out his hand he he said i cannot and turned around and walked away. he was furious it did not help our ability to finally mend relations with china in the early 1970s. >> we're out of time. i wish i had had time and

encourage folks listening or watching to go and play a clip at least that the president also said at nelson mandela's funeral and most folks will interpret what he said as sort of a jab at the regime in cuba as well. >> and demand for human rights. >> michael beschloss and michael smerconish, we'll have you back later as well sir. still ahead, we're following developing news on the search for a couple and four children who disappeared after a trip to the frigid nevada mountains. temperatures have been below zero since they disappeared on sunday. we'll update that. also, 18 current and former los angeles deputies charged in a federal jail abuse case. investigators say they beat inmates and beat visitors all inside this country's largest jail system. we'll dig deeper. don't forget, you can always join our conversation on twitter or at newsnation. one word. ♪ ♪

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we're following developing news from the mountains of nevada where search and rescue teams are working around the clock to find a family of six. they have been missing for two days in below zero temperatures. they took them to play in the snow on sunday and have not been seen since. there's no cell phone service in that remote part of northwest nevada. and night time temperatures have dipped to 20 below zero. authorities remain hopeful nonetheless. >> i'm optimistic that if they have fuel in their vehicle and they can stay warm, they left with a full tank of gas. i'm optimistic. >> nbc's miguel almaguer has

been following the story. >> they are optimistic but times are certainly becoming more desperate. there are search teams from all across the state that are up there and searching this very remote area about 90 miles outside of reno and on land and in the air looking for these missing six people. two adults and four children. the search is growing so desperate. they've been missing since sunday night. it is up to negative 20 degrees out there outside the remote area outside of reno. the crews are doing all they can to figure out where this family may be. as the sheriff mentioned, the full tank of gas is going to be critical. for a family especially with small children to be outside in this inclement weather is certainly could be deadly. >> do we know how large of a search area we're talking about right now? >> we know the search area is being expanded because they don't know exactly where the

family was last seen. they know when they left the house early morning, they don't know where they were headed to exactly. this area has no cell phone coverage. they are not able to pinpoint or ping the cell phone of these missing family members. there are searching a very wide grid and because this area is remote or rocky, there were areas where a car may not be seen, which is why the aerial search has been become to critical. >> how are the frigid temperatures aeskting the search? >> time is of the essence as the days and hours pass on. that's not good news. they are hoping the search effort to the air gives them at least some clues or gives them a map, a grid of areas they can check off that they know search teams on the ground don't need to go to. certainly as more time passes, the search grows more desperate. >> miguel, thank you. still ahead, the senate's number two republican, john cornyn is

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a fast moving snowstorm is pounding the northeast, dumping a record amount of snow in new york city. more than 1600 flights have been canceled today so far. hundreds more have been delayed. some up to five hours. take a look at this. this is flightaware.com's misery map. it shows where tens of thousands of passengers have been most affected.

the weather channel's kelly cass is tracking this storm. what is it like right now? >> in new york city you're getting light snow and it is causing problems on the roadways and kids are getting a snow day in the northeast. there's good news where that's concerned. the snow extends from new york city, hudson valley through the connecticut river valley towards boston. we've had flight cancellations and flights that are out there are delayed big time. a few flurries at laguardia, winds gusting up to 20 miles per hour and airport delay, a little over an hour. and that's just laguardia, we've seen significant delays at the other new york hubs as well, newark or kennedy, also experiencing flurries and boston, your temperature is 33 degrees, not as windy and still seeing problems here at logan with an airport delay after about 54 minutes. on average, 1 to 3 inches of snow accumulating across new england, turning off for baltimore and d.c. where you

picked up several inches for new york city, another inch or two. of course, craig, our eyes are on the next winter storm forming in the southern plains on friday. and we're talking about snow for upstate new york and big cities. keel keep a close eye on this one. this could be significant and interrupt travel as well as we get into this weekend. >> kelly, with no good news for u. thank you so much. >> sure. >> still ahead, the announcement that has our first read team saying that this is only going to cause more gridlock in washington. also, accusations of corruption, accusations of abuse inside this country's largest jail system, 18 current and former los angeles sheriff's deputies are facing federal charges, we'll have the latest on that and gm making history. what the announcement of its newest ceo, just one of the things we thought you should know. thrusters at 30%! i can't get her to warp.

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yet another top republican senator is now facing a primary challenge from the tea party. this time it's the number two republican in the senate, john cornyn of texas. cornyn is being charged by tea party favorite steve stockman. mitch mcconnell also being challenged by a tea party favorite. mark murray joins me live now. mark, let's talk about steve stockman. what do we know about him? >> he's a very controversial member of congress. he just recently won election to congress, had been out for a while, came back to congress. he's certainly been able to grab a whole lot of headlines. he's a tea party favorite, someone who is often been accused of talking birthers situations and someone who has the ability to grab headlines

but he will start out as big underdog john cornyn. big financial advantage, also a primary coming up. not a lot of time for steve stockman to make up ground. >> cornyn joins a growing list of gop senators up for re-election next year getting primary so to speak. who else is on that list? >> well, on that list it's actually the number one senate republican as mentioned, mitch mcconnell, cochran of mississippi and lamar alexander in tennessee. and you look at this environment, there are 12 senate republicans who are running for re-election. craig, seven of the 12 face primary challenges coming from the tea party. that's pretty extraordinary. think about the situation if harry reid and dick durbin were running for re-election and getting challenges from the populist occupy wall street left, you don't see that going

on, what's happening -- very interesting and striking. >> we know mitch mcconnell is sitting on roughly $7 million down there in kentucky and lindsay graham has a sizable money advantage. i would advantage that when guys like john cornyn where they are facing opposition from the right, it probably will have some sort of effect of how they handle themselves legislatively, no? >> absolutely. this has been playing out where john cornyn knew he was up for re-election, even before they got their primary challenges in the most recent steve stockman challenge. the chances for them to be willing to cut deals with democrats on this budget agreement, it makes it very dicey for them because of a sudden it seems they are compromising the democrats and primary opponents say, see, john cornyn or mitch mcconnell isn't a true conservative. it forces those who are maybe

outside the leadership and aren't up for re-election to be the deal makers. people like john mccain and bob corker, wonts be surprised if they were the ones who have to cut the deals going forward this year. >> our senior political editor mark murray. good to see you. >> officials in los angeles are calling for more oversight following yesterday's indictment of more than a dozen l.a. county sheriff's deputies accused of abusing inmates and jail visitors as well. 18 current and former deputies were arrested on suspicion of civil rights and corruption violations. their arrests stem from a two-year federal probe into alleged corruption within the largest jail system. four grand jury indictments and criminal complaint allege that the deputies among other things beat inmates and beat visitors and falsified and attempted to obstruct the fbi's probe. >> the deputies altered records to make it appear the informant

had been released but they only rebooked him into custody under a different name and moved him to an isolated corner of the detention system. >> as the "l.a. times" puts it, this marks the largest mass arrest of sheriff's officials in more than two decades and represents another blow to a department that recently has been accused of racially biased profiling and hiring officers with tainted backgrounds and cronyism. jack leonard joins me live now. first of all, how far back do these allegations go? >> this scandal has been going on for two and a half years. it all started with a cell phone smuggled into the jail to an informant who was working with the fbi providing them with information about alleged abuses going on inside the jails. this spark, this candle that has been ongoing now and also goes to the heart of some of the most serious charges that have been

unsealed yesterday. which include the obstruction of justice charges. >> what's the most serious allegation to come out of the indictment? >> well, serve sheriff's officials have been accused of trying to hamper the fbi's investigation. this federal informant, the inmate who had the cell phone was allegedly moved. his name was changed in the sheriff's records and the federal authorities are arguing that this was to prevent the fbi from actually visiting the informant, even after a federal judge had signed an order calling for the inmate to be brought to a federal grand jury, that was investigating these allegations of abuse. >> did i also understand based on my reading of the indictment, at one point when the deputies found out what the fbi was up to, they showed up at one of the fbi agents' home? >> that's exactly right. that's part of the obstruction of justice charges.

and two sheriff sergeants supposedly showed up at the home of one of the lead investigators for the fbi on this case and they are accused of falsely threatening her with arrest saying an arrest warrant was being prepared. >> the l.a. county sheriff, he previously accused of fbi of violating the law in the probe. this is what he said yesterday. take a listen. >> the sheriff's department is bun one of the most trusted in the sense of what it does. we're not going to let this particular set of circumstances discredit the 19 or 18,000 people in the department that do outstanding work. >> there's l.a. county sheriff. he's already been under fire after an investigation found the department among other things hired dozens of officers even though background investigators found they had committed serious misconduct on or off duty. is this really just the latest

in a string of troubling stories about the department? is this the tip of the iceberg? >> well, what the sheriff says is true. this is a very large department. and this is only 18 people who xrb charged. but this has been a really bad three years for the department. they have been as you pointed out, the la times investigation found there were many people hired on with bad backgrounds and in the last few years, also, the federal government has come into the department of justice and found there was racially biased policing going on in a large portion of north los angeles county pa controlled by the sheriff's department. a blue ribbon commission that investigated jail violence, criticized the sheriff for a lack of leadership which they said lead to serious problems, including abuse and culture where that could thrive. >> jack, thanks. still ahead here, big restrictions at the upcoming super bowl. no tailgating and no taxis or

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that. only 13,000 spots for a stadium that holds 80,000 people. typically there are 26,000 sparking spots available there. the nfl first banned super bowl tailgating that involves barbecue in 2007 citing security concerns. but fans have been asking the league to reverse the decision ever since. rob simmelkjaer is with me. this has a lot of folks hot. >> it's interesting, because it's not new. as you mentioned this has been the rule since 2007, first of all. i get it, eating in your car does not sound like so much fun. the bottom line is you've got tickets to the super bowl here. how unhappy can you be if you have to go and get food inside the stadium. >> they seem to be tell bent on getting folks to take public transportation and using new jersey buses and trains and providing buses as well i understand. >> one of the -- this super bowl is the same as many in terms of

logistical concerns about security and things like that but it's different because it's out in a remote location. there are people in the city that need to get to the stadium. they are setting up a lot of unique things in terms of prpgs ways to get people to the game that are a little harder than normal super bowls are. but it's not that much different. >> this was tweeted a short time ago. contrary to reports there is no ban on tailgating at super bowl xlviii, can't bring grills or take up an empty parking space. >> it's minimalist. >> not allowing people to walk to the stadium as well? >> if you know this area, it's not that easy to walk there. i don't know where you would be walking from. >> if you had a tailgate set up at a distance, a ways away maybe you could walk -- >> i guess you could. it's just an odd area for this sort of thing. tailgating is about let's face it, your car, the grill, all of

that stuff. that works great for a lot of regular season games but this is the super bowl. they need every space and they need to make sure the crowd is secure. it's a different deal. >> what happens if come that first sunday in february we've got snow ma ged on and there's ice on the tracks and all of a sudden there's concern over running the trains and things like that and buss and things like that. then what? >> that's the nfl's biggest concern. you know being the nfl they have a dozen or more contingency plans for different types of weather, how to get people there. what happens to the half time show which is another question, is it on the field? is it somewhere else depending on the weather? there are a lot of plans there. the worst case scenario would be a maker snowstorm or ice storm and they would have to basically plan to get people there very early. there's also a big train that runs to the stadium from manhattan. there's ways to get people -- >> who's going to be in the

super bowl. >> the seattle seahawks are also certain and denver broncos. >> seattle and denver? >> both are

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we want to update you on breaking news we told you about at the top of the hour. we're being told now by the sheriff's office in nevada that the couple and four children that have been missing since sunday, all of them have been found safe. they've been found safe in that mountain canyon. again, just about 30 or 40

minutes ago we were telling about this couple, two children and niece and nephew. the concern there of course was that they were out in the desert below zero temperatures, 10 and 20 degrees below. those two adults and four children have all been found. we're also told they are safe. we'll continue to follow that story and we'll bring you the latest information as we learn more. meanwhile, there's a lot going on today. there's a few more things we thought you should know on this tuesday. former chief of staffer for bill clinton is returning to the white house while he's been an unofficial adviser for some time, podesta will join as a white house counselor. he'll help form the agenda in 5014. everybody is taking selfies these days, this was president obama along with david cameron and denmark's prime minister, snapping a picture at nelson

mandela's memorial afs and michelle obama, the first lady, she didn't seem to be too much into the pictures. she was paying attention to the memorial service. former president george w. bush posed pore a picture with bono. he posted that one himself on instagram. those are a few things we thought you should know. do you agree with the super bowl committee's decision to ban tailgating at the game? lots of responses already here in the control room. go to newsnation.msnbc.com to cast your vote. that does it for this edition of qutss in nation. tamron is back tomorrow and "the cycle" is up next. ernight? ♪ like, really big... then expanded? ♪ or their new product tanked? ♪

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tour'e had to take a snow day. the weather cannot keep me down and the weather channel either. they are out and about and reporting for us. >> this day in history the world stops to remember nelson mandela. we woke up to a brief moment of global unity. we'll go live to south africa where the ceremonies continue into the night. >> something pretty amazing happened overnight. presidents past and present, democrat and republican flew together on air force one. i can only imagine what it must have been like to be on that bird. washington at work? congress made two major moves in the past 24 hours. rob sterling, are with in the twilight zone? no, it's just "the